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Technology - December, 2018

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• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Trump Envisions Japan Trade Deal With Shades Of NAFTA 2.0
• 5 Top Federal Tax Decisions Of 2018
• SEC's 1st Robo-Adviser Fines Hit Wealthfront, Hedgeable
• Winner's Playbook
• EU Sets Feb. 28 Deadline For US To Fill Privacy Shield Job
• Justices Told Ax Of $140M Verdict Guts Patent Damages Rule
• Uber, Others Must Face Auto Collision Injury Suit
• SEC Inspectors To Keep Cryptocurrency A Priority Next Year
• France Slaps Uber With €400K Fine Over 2016 Data Breach
• PNY Technologies Wants $7.7M Award To Be Nixed
• Hotel Tech Co. Accused Of Using Ch. 11 To Escape Sale
• Northrop Lands $450M Air Force War Simulation Contract
• Apple Faces German IPhone Ban After Qualcomm Patent Win
• Samsung Tries To Sink $5.9M Data-Transfer IP Verdict
• Latham Leads Firms In IPO Deals After Market's Robust Year
• Ex-Silicon Valley Exec Gets 3 Years For $1.5M Investor Fraud
• Dealers Want Final OK On Reynolds' $29.5M Antitrust Deal
• The Biggest Privacy & Cybersecurity Stories Of 2018
• Adobe Must Pay $1.75M In Data Encryption IP Suit, Jury Says
• What We Heard At The FTC Hearings: Days 15 And 16
• How 'AV 3.0' Changed The Autonomous Vehicle Game In 2018
• EU Drags China To WTO Over Forced Tech Transfer Rules
• DC Sues Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting
• US Needs Tougher Tech Antitrust Enforcement, Sens. Hear
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Reimpose Sanction On NPE Counsel
• PTAB Won't Pause Tribal Patent Cases For Immunity Appeal
• IPhone Ping Can't Be Blamed For Crash, 5th Circ. Says
• Del. Chancery Strikes Charters' Fed. Court Provisions
• The Biggest Telecom Policy Developments Of 2018
• The Top Antitrust Cases Of 2018
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive $7.3M Patent Verdict Against Apple
• T-Mobile, Others Share Hurricane Michael Lessons With FCC
• Real Estate Rumors: Harbor, Facebook, Freshwater
• BuzzFeed Beats Back Defamation Suit Over Trump Dossier
• Senate OKs Bill To Improve Gov't IT Supply Chain Security
• Apple Loses In Second Bite At Qualcomm Discovery Battle
• Advocates Call Lifeline Program Changes Too Burdensome
• Investors Plug $120M Into Training App Maker Zwift
• Direct Capacitor Buyers Cut $120M Deal In Price-Fix Suit
• Qualcomm, Apple And The China IPhone Ban
• Softbank Unit Lists On Tokyo Exchange Following $23.5B IPO
• Weil Guides SoftBank In $500M Driving Safety Biz Investment
• Ballard Spahr Nabs IP Partner From McCarter & English
• Mass. Judge To Hear Expert In $1.75M Acacia Atty Fee Fight
• Cleary, Latham Steer 3M's $1B Deal For M*Modal Tech Unit
• How BIS Will Review Emerging Technology Export Controls
• Smart Toys Under The Tree Raise Privacy Concerns
• Red Hat Shareholder Sues To Stop $34B IBM Sale
• Facebook Row Fair Game For Ill. Privacy Law, 9th Circ. Told
• T-Mobile Tie-Up Inches Closer To Finish Line With Security OK
• BuzzFeed Can't Use Public Figure Defense In Dossier Suit
• Ex-Panasonic Subsidiary Execs Reach Deal After FCPA Row
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Twitter Apologizes For Security Flaw That Exposed User Data
• Chancellor Probes Age Claim In Suit Over $283M NCI Merger
• IPass Keeping Investors In Dark On Tech Merger, Suit Says
• Expedia Overcharges Tax On Hotel Bookings, Suit Says
• Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal
• FTC Gets Qualcomm Expert Nixed Before Antitrust Trial
• HP Urges Justices Again To Weigh In On Fed. Circ. Alice Bar
• DPW Says It Plans To Float Technology Unit
• FCC Should Review Sinclair Renewals Early, Cable Org Says
• Panasonic, Others To Pay $33M To Indirect Resistor Buyers
• HTC Can't Duck Ericsson Counterclaims In IP Antitrust Row
• Alice Can't Help Bumble Dump Tinder's Swiping Patents
• Nasdaq Unit Ups Bid For Swedish Fintech Cinnober To $220M
• EU Approves €1.75B Multistate Tech Research Project
• Orrick Assists On $200M Investment Round For AI Chipmaker
• Nikon Cameras Don't Infringe Zeiss, ASML Patents, Jury Says
• Rapper Sues NBA 2K Game Makers Over Dance Moves
• Senate Goes All In On Bill To Stop False Emergency Alerts
• The 3 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2018
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Will Fed. Circ. Consider The Competitor Standing Doctrine?
• Ridgemont Taps Proskauer For $1.65B PE Fund
• Charter To Pay $174M Settlement In NY AG's Net Speed Suit
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Sens. Appear Keen On Drafting New Patent Eligibility Law
• 'Fresh Prince' Actor Sues Game Makers Over 'Carlton' Dance
• Facebook Data Suit Paused To Allow Chancery Records Trial
• T-Mobile Slams 'Baseless' Claims It Fudged 4G Map Data
• Czech, German Cyber Agencies Split On Chinese Threat
• Don't Blame DOJ For Concentration: Antitrust Enforcer
• American Airlines, Expedia End 'AAdvantage' TM Squabble
• Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Episode Is Old News
• Dems Tell FCC To 'Put Children First' In Kid Vid Rules Review
• High Court Can Skip Atty's Defamation Row, Yelp Says
• Calif. Federal Jury Finds Glitches In Finjan Malware Patent Suit
• The Verdicts That Left A Mark In 2018
• Free Market Think Tank Urges FCC To Limit Cable Fees
• Faxes Requesting Top Doctors' Details Aren't Ads, FCC Told
• Apple Off The Hook In Fatal Facetime Car Crash Suit
• How FIRRMA Changed National Security Reviews In 2018
• Naspers Leads India Learning App Maker's $540M Funding
• Scientific Games To Pay Shuffle Tech $151M In Post-Trial Deal
• Divers Get $50M Settlement Over Defective Scuba Computers
• Ripe For High Court: Article III Standing In Data Breach Cases
• A Series Of 1st-Time Crypto Actions For The SEC
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Squire Corporate Pro As Partner In LA
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Atty Says Firm Stole Client Involved In 'Gears Of War' IP Suit
• Tech Cos. Should Heed Same Privacy Rules As Attys: Sens.
• Airline May Face Sanctions For Withholding Docs In Site Fight
• Facebook Says Bug Exposed 6.8M Users' Private Photos
• Cable Cos. Continue Push For Conservative C-Band Clearing
• Amazon Allowed To Intervene In Oracle's JEDI Protest
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Biggest Telecom Cases Of 2018
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
• $385M Fitbit Insider Trading Suit Kept Alive In Chancery
• ITC Lifts Diebold ATM Import Ban After Fed. Circ. Patent Nix
• NY AG Settles Cases With Equifax, Others Over App Security
• Investors Accuse Calif. Company Of Concealing Crypto Focus
• Farm Bill Expansion Will Speed Rural Broadband, Redl Says
• Chinese Fintech, Tiny House Maker Raise $99M Total In IPOs
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Judge Fed Up With 'Whiny' Letters In Least Favorite Case
• How The GDPR Changed Data Privacy In 2018
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn
• A Year On The Brink: Trump's Trade Battle With China
• FCC GC Sees Transparency As Best Rulemaking Defense
• SAP Can't Duck Data Co.'s Copyright, Tying Claims
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Costco Execs Face Stock-Drop Suit Over Internal Controls
• Qualcomm Can't Block Huawei, LG Docs From Antitrust Case
• China's Wuxi Apptec Raises $1B In Hong Kong IPO
• Agencies Need To Shore Up Cyber, IT Operations, GAO Says
• Biotech Biz Zymergen Lands $400M Series C Funding
• NYC Cab Drivers Settle Suit Claiming Uber Is Their Employer
• China's 'Steve Jobs' Risks Losing Calif. Property Over Loan
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Dem Puts New Block On FCC Pick Over Rural Broadband
• ITC Will Review Patent Dispute Between Apple, Qualcomm
• TGI Fridays Beats Class Cert. Bid In Vacation Pay Suit
• Large Firms More Mobile, Offer More Tech Aid, Report Says
• New Coalition To Push For Sprint-T-Mobile Block At FCC, DOJ
• EU Parliament Symbolically Approves Enhanced Digital Tax
• Steptoe Adds Blockchain Atty To Ranks In Chicago
• Online Retailer Minted Receives $208M Capital Injection
• Legal Tech Download: Law Firms' New Tools, Tech Tie-Ups
• FDA Explains Expectations For Drugmakers' Data Retention
• Nikon Says Zeiss, ASML 'Stretching' IP Claims Against It
• No 'God-Given Right' To Discovery In Antitrust MDL, CDK Says
• Tokopedia Lands $1.1B E-Commerce Funding Round
• Greenberg Traurig Launches Video Game, Esports Group
• 2nd Circ. Agrees Xerox Worker's Benefits Claim Was Too Late
• GOP Sen. Says He May Allow FCC Nominee Vote Soon
• FCC Votes 3-1 To Label Texts As Information Service
• IP Challengers Needn't Show All Arguments Will Win: PTAB
• EU-Japan Trade Pact Set To Take Effect In February
• NY Pirate Radio Operator Arrested After FCC Tip
• FCC OKs Media Ownership Review, Marketplace Assessment
• Google Tracking Class Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Sprint Wants In On Tribal Row Over FCC 5G Exemption Rule
• Industry Groups Hail Move For Reassigned Numbers Database
• Federal IT Acquisition Still Needs Improvement, GAO Says
• Uber Ran Rival Off Road With Fake Ride Requests, Suit Says
• Investor Seeks Halt Of $1.9B Apptio-Vista Deal For More Info
• Nixon Peabody Snags Corporate Pro For San Francisco Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Warburg Pincus, Luckin Coffee
• 4 Firms Advise As PE Firm Pays $183M For Defense Tech Co.
• European Parliament Members Lament Failure Of Digital Tax
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Kennedy
• Which Class Action Question Will Justices Decide?
• Huawei Exec Granted Bail By Canadian Judge
• Fiat Presses Supreme Court To Undo Car-Hacking Cert. Order
• ZeniMax, Oculus End Appeals Of $304M IP Judgment
• Tencent Music's IPO Raises Nearly $1.1B Led By Davis Polk
• Xura Breach Claims Advance In $643M Chancery Merger Suit
• FCC's Rosenworcel Calls Agency's Broadband Data 'A Mess'
• FanDuel, DraftKings Get Gaming Patent Claims Nixed At PTAB
• Ex-OptimisCorp Figures Fight Axing From Chancery Suit
• Judge Knocks Cambridge Analytica Exec's Ch. 7 Escape Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cisco Systems, Plaid, Nvidia Corp.
• Oracle Sues DOD Over $10B JEDI Cloud Deal
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Monster.com CEO's $41M Tax Row
• RPX, Ericsson Get Bandwidth Patent Claims Nixed At PTAB
• Testing Reveals No Chinese Microchip Spying, Co. Says
• AGs Ask SSA To Set Up ID Theft Prevention Database, Fast
• Microsoft Singles Out Davis Wright For Diversity Efforts
• Proskauer Steers JMI On $1.2B Software-Focused Fund
• Google CEO Defends Practices Amid Tracking, Bias Concerns
• Commerce Adds Time To Weigh High-Tech Export Curbs
• A Review Of US Economic Sanctions In 2018
• FTC Can't Block Qualcomm Evidence Ahead Of Antitrust Trial
• EU Clears $5B Data Encryption Deal With Conditions
• MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nader Mousavi
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• Google Admits New Bug Exposed Info For 52.5 Million Users
• Hotel Tech Co. InterTouch Holdings Files For Ch. 11 in Del.
• Co. Can't Duck Claims $17M 'Tokens' Were Unregistered Stock
• 2nd Circ. Gives IBM Workers A Second Chance At ERISA Row
• Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks Seek To Kill DNC Hacking Suit
• Bankrupt Helicopter Co. Nabs $49M DIP, $650M Stalking Horse
• Alsup Probes Patent Trial Jury Pool On UFOs, Telekinesis
• Fed. Circ. Upholds PTAB's Axing Of Inventory Tech Patent
• Fed. Circ. Skips VirnetX Challenge To Retroactive AIA Reviews
• Sonos Snags GC From Tribune A Week After Nexstar Deal
• FCC Queries Wireless Industry On Disaster Response
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Gilstrap's Alice Ax Of Email Patent
• Australian Watchdog Calls For Digital Platform Regulation
• Apple Faces Partial IPhone Ban In China After Qualcomm Win
• Justices Won't Hear Corning's $61M Patent Appeal Over Halo
• Medical Billing Co. Hit With $1.5M Verdict For Contract Breach
• Stradling Nabs Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Partner
• Siris, Elliott's Evergreen Ink $4.4B Travelport Take-Private
• Sanctions Screening Lessons From OFAC Cobham Settlement
• Proposed FDA Drug Software Rules Strict On Pharma Cos.
• SoftBank Gears Up For $23.5B Telecom Biz IPO
• Narrowed EU Digital Tax Delays Pain For Nondigital Firms, Too
• EU Greenlights Controversial Cross-Border Data Access Bill
• Renesas Fights Foe's Bid To Bring $77M IP Row To High Court
• DOJ Speech May Leave SEP Implementers In Dire Straits
• MVP: Boies Schiller's Karen Dunn
• Post-Teva Expert Disclosure Trends In 2 Patent-Rich Districts
• More State Issues The Blue Wave May Shape In 2019
• Many Native Americans Lack High-Speed Internet: Census
• DOJ Antitrust Head Redoing Patent Accord To Help IP Owners
• Amazon Cuts Deal With Calif. DAs Banning Foie Gras Sales
• Dems Urge FCC Not To Classify Texting As An Info Service
• Authentix Shareholders Challenge Nixed Appraisal Rights
• Facebook Health Site Tracking Legal, 9th Circ. Says
• Motorola Wins Bid To Send Two-Way Radio Suit To Illinois
• Intricacy Of Interest Deduction Regs May Vex Multinationals
• Lockheed To Use Swedish Co.'s Software In $3.5B Army Deal
• IP Demand Letter Puts Case In Texas District, Fed. Circ. Says
• SAP Gets $680K In Atty Fees In Financial Data Patent Win
• Take Merger Fight To The Links, FCC's Pai Says At Roast
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, ByteDance, WuXi
• FCC Halts $4.5B Subsidy Project To Probe Carrier Data
• 8 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Led by Tencent Music's $1.1B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cahill, DLA, Brown
• ​​​​​​​Dominion Must Produce Docs In Dealer Data Antitrust MDL
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Tribes Can't Stop FCC's Next-Gen Towers, DC Circ. Told
• Uber Is Impeding Arbitrations By Refusing To Pay, Drivers Say
• Baring Invests $905M To Turn Around, Buy Japan's Pioneer
• Nikon Cameras Are 'Designed To Infringe,' Expert Tells Jury
• JPMorgan, IV Debate The Meaning Of 'And' At Fed. Circ.
• Bitcoin Market 'Hijacking' Caused $4B Value Drop, Suit Says
• Travel Site Sues Hilton, Marriott, Others Over Search Scheme
• Verizon Unit's IP Suit Sent To Del. After Fed. Circ. Rebuke
• Deals Rumor Mill: BYD, Travelport, Amer Sports
• Fed. Circ. Backs HTC Win In Challenge To Acacia Video Patent
• FCC Appoints New In-House Judge To Fill Retirement Vacancy
• Trump May Get Rude Awakening In China Trade Talks
• DOJ's AT&T Appeal Needs Numbers, Not Theory: DC Circ.
• PTAB Says Google Not A Party In Samsung Patent Challenges
• Skadden Leads Chinese Fashion Retailer To $67M IPO
• Lawmakers Tout Industry Support Of Spectrum Pricing Bill
• Calif. Law At Issue As Qualcomm Fights Giant Class Cert.
• Shareholder Sues SendGrid Over $2B Twilio Deal
• IBM Says Contract Disclaimer Bars $17.5M Fraud Verdict
• Hunton Andrews Steers Cross River's $100M KKR-Led Round
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Huawei Executive Sought By US Is Detained In Canada
• 'Milly Rock' Rapper Says 'Fortnite' Video Game Swiped Dance
• Techie, Pastor Ask 2nd Circ. To Ax Bitcoin Fraud Convictions
• Facebook Cherry-Picked Special Access To Data, Docs Show
• Ascent Creditors Say $75M Note Exchange Plan Is Dangerous
• Don't Water Down Calif. Privacy Law, Lawmakers Told
• AI Helping IRS Detect Tax Crimes With Fewer Resources
• Cambridge Analytica Exec's Bid To Avoid Ch. 7 Slammed
• Sens. Set Meeting To Talk Revamp Of Patent Eligibility Law
• Woman Takes France Terror Attack Claims To 9th Circ.
• Robert Shapiro Faces Deposition Over LegalZoom Claims
• 2 Iranians Charged Over Ransomware Attack In Atlanta
• 9th Circ. Asked To Curtail Audit Power Of Tax Software Co.
• FTC, Qualcomm Fight Over Evidence Ahead Of Antitrust Trial
• Chancery Says Charter Can Use Services Amid Contract Fight
• Kirkland Taps Allen & Overy Atty To Lead New IP Group In UK
• Danish Ad-Tech Co. Adform Pulls Plug On $114M IPO
• Logistics Cos. Urge FCC To Expand Use Of Aviation Comms
• EU States Seek Broad-Based Digital Tax: Estonian Official
• Applying Blockchain To Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• PTAB Cuts Some Huawei Patent Claims In Samsung Fight
• China Breaks Silence, Intends To Move Fast On Trade Talks
• Groups Warn FCC Against Misclassifying Text Messages
• NutriBullet Makers Can't Get Suit Kicked To New Zealand
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• The Issues Framing NIST's Privacy Framework
• Alice Must Be Revisited In View Of Emerging Technologies
• Amazon Can't Duck Bias Claims Over Job Ads, Judge Hears
• 8th Circ. Stands By Charter's Win In VoIP Regs Battle
• PTAB Says Not Every RPX Member An Interested Party
• USPTO Defends Patent Prosecution Retakes To Fed. Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive U. Of Ill. Contract Row With Micron
• Microsoft Says Gov't Funds Needed For 'White Space' Tech
• Crypto Addresses As OFAC Identifiers
• AOL Successor Pays NY $4.95M In Largest-Ever COPPA Deal
• 'Tariff Man' Trump Holds Open Extension Of China Truce
• Singapore Regulator Releases Guide For Token Offerings
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Crypto Platform ErisX Snags $28M In Latest Funding Round
• 7th Circ. Revives Suit Over Defective Sports Tech
• EU Limits Digital Tax To Ad Revenue, Citing Delay Concerns
• Alice Rejections Now Flow From Different Part Of USPTO
• Fed. Circ. Allows Appeal Of Fairchild Patent Awards Issue
• Google Says Users Lack Standing In High Court Privacy Row
• FCC Blocks Release Of Net Neutrality Comment Log Info
• AT&T Can't Block Scholars From DOJ's Merger Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Agitated Over Samsung, Huawei FRAND Fight
• 2 Firms Lead Nov. IPO Action Fueled By Blank Check Cos.
• Supreme Court Won't Hear IP Appeals By TVEyes, DHL
• Chinese Streaming Giant Tencent Music Primes $1.1B IPO
• Chancery Finds Plimus Exec Liable In $115M Fraud Suit
• Fenwick, DLA Steer ResMed's $225M Propeller Health Buy
• New Lifeline System Has 'Serious Shortcomings,' FCC Told
• Insurer Wants Out Of Coverage For Hertz's Toll-Pass Partner
• Fed. Circ. Urged Not To Rehear Google Patent Venue Ruling
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• FCC Watchdog Clears Sinclair-Tribune White House Call
• Extreme Networks Reaches $7M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• New OECD Tax Proposal Would Hit Trademarks, Copyrights
• US Unlikely To Allow Tariff Exclusions During China Truce
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Calif. Firm NewView Capital Closes $1.35B Debut Fund
• Money Transmitters Face Ambiguity In State, Federal Law
• DLA Piper Snags Entertainment Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• Blockchain Can Empower Stateless Refugees
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018
• Trump, Xi Agree To Halt New Tariffs As Talks Continue